PRECISE MEDIA MONITORING LTD
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Next accounts due
2025-12-31
Overdue
Confirmation statement due
2025-12-27
Overdue
Watchouts
Cash
£4M
+88.7% vs 2022
Net assets
-£40M
-141.2% vs 2022
Employees
350
+10.1% vs 2022
Profit before tax
-£23M
-26.6% vs 2022
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Annual accounts overdue
Due 2025-12-31.
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Confirmation statement overdue
Due 2025-12-27.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- PRECISE MEDIA MONITORING LTD 2004-08-03 → present
- PRECISE PRESS CUTTINGS LIMITED 1996-09-10 → 2004-08-03
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2023-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £27,586,000 | £22,644,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£17,920,000 | -£23,064,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£18,498,000 | -£23,417,000 | |
| Net profit | -£20,992,000 | -£23,417,000 | |
| Cash | £1,906,000 | £3,596,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£16,386,000 | -£39,632,000 | |
| Net assets | -£16,588,000 | -£40,005,000 | |
| Equity | -£16,588,000 | -£40,005,000 | |
| Average employees | 318 | 350 | |
| Wages | £17,413,000 | £22,603,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -65.0% | -101.9% | |
| Net margin | -76.1% | -103.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 109.4% | 58.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.60x | 0.58x | |
| Interest cover | -28.63x | -45.49x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors consider that the going concern assumption upon which these financial statements have been prepared continues to be appropriate. Forecasts have been produced by the Company covering the period for the period of 12 months from the date of signing these financial statements. As part of this review the Directors have assessed plausible severe downside scenarios which have continued to demonstrate a positive cash flow.”
Significant events
- “In February 2024, a cyber-attack on the UK production facilities impacted significantly the Company's capabilities to provide daily media intelligence reports to its customers.”
- “The establishment of the Onclusive group, including Precise Media Monitoring Limited is based on a three-stage programme. 1. Stand up - Separate and integrate. 2. Innovate, Digitize, speed up. 3. Growth.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 35 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STANGL, Bernd | Director | 2024-07-11 | Apr 1968 | Austrian |
| STONE, Robert Seth | Director | 2023-05-04 | Jul 1964 | American |
Show 35 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BANNER, Christopher | Secretary | 2001-06-29 | 2001-09-10 |
| COGAN, Michael | Secretary | 1996-09-10 | 1998-09-30 |
| CROMACK, Andrew Michael | Secretary | 2001-09-10 | 2006-04-28 |
| GULLIVER, John Keith | Secretary | 2008-10-31 | 2010-01-31 |
| LACEY, Stephen | Secretary | 2011-10-26 | 2014-06-06 |
| LOW, Peter | Secretary | 2010-02-01 | 2011-10-26 |
| LOW, Peter | Secretary | 2006-04-28 | 2007-08-06 |
| STANNETT, Robert William | Secretary | 2007-08-06 | 2008-10-31 |
| THOMSON, Alastair Iain Lindsay | Secretary | 1998-10-01 | 2001-06-29 |
| FIRST SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1996-09-10 | 1996-09-10 |
| WPP GROUP (NOMINEES) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2015-01-12 | 2020-03-24 |
| BANNER, Christopher | Director | 1996-09-19 | 2005-04-01 |
| DOLTON, Stephen | Director | 2005-04-01 | 2006-12-15 |
| FAWCUS, Keir Murray | Director | 2002-09-05 | 2017-01-27 |
| GILBERT, Clifford Roderick | Director | 1996-09-10 | 2001-03-14 |
| GUILHOT-GAUDEFFROY, Marie | Director | 2015-03-24 | 2020-03-25 |
| GULLIVER, John Keith | Director | 2008-10-31 | 2010-01-31 |
| HARKNESS, Peter Martin | Director | 2005-04-01 | 2006-12-15 |
| HAWORTH, John Roger | Director | 2015-01-12 | 2017-04-14 |
| HILLIARD, Charles Stephen | Director | 2005-04-01 | 2007-08-13 |
| HOLROYD, Martin | Director | 2009-02-23 | 2016-01-28 |
| INGRAM, Simon Anthony | Director | 2022-01-01 | 2023-05-04 |
| INSKIP, Mark Steven | Director | 2020-03-30 | 2021-07-05 |
| KNIGHT, Martin | Director | 1996-09-19 | 2004-05-10 |
| LACEY, Stephen | Director | 2010-04-20 | 2014-06-06 |
| LOW, Peter | Director | 2005-04-01 | 2017-01-27 |
| MAJITHIA, Viren Laxmidas | Director | 1996-09-19 | 2001-03-06 |
| MAN, David Pui Kee | Director | 2015-03-24 | 2017-12-04 |
| PIERCY, Matthew Roy | Director | 2023-07-06 | 2024-07-11 |
| PRIME, Anthony Robert | Director | 2005-05-15 | 2017-05-05 |
| RICHARDSON, Giles Harvey Roberts | Director | 2017-06-16 | 2022-01-01 |
| SHEPHERD, Jonathan Paul | Director | 2005-04-01 | 2005-11-30 |
| SMITH, Miranda | Director | 2021-07-07 | 2023-07-06 |
| STANNETT, Robert William | Director | 2007-08-06 | 2008-10-31 |
| FIRST DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1996-09-10 | 1996-09-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sapphire Parentco Scsp | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2022-12-31 | Active |
| Tns Group Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2019-12-05 | Ceased 2022-01-01 |
| Tns Group Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 25–50% | 2019-08-09 | Ceased 2019-12-05 |
| Knight Banner Information Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-09-10 | Ceased 2019-08-09 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 208 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-03 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-03 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2025-11-14 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-07-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-07-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-05-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-14 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2024-12-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-10 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2024-07-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-13 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2024-03-12 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2024-03-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-07-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2022 → FY2023 · period ending 2023-12-31 vs 2022-12-31
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Turnover
-17.9%
£27,586,000 £22,644,000
-
Cash
+88.7%
£1,906,000 £3,596,000
-
Net assets
-141.2%
-£16,588,000 -£40,005,000
-
Employees
+10.1%
318 350
-
Operating profit
-28.7%
-£17,920,000 -£23,064,000
-
Profit before tax
-26.6%
-£18,498,000 -£23,417,000
-
Wages
+29.8%
£17,413,000 £22,603,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers